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Behind the Door: micro poem

The weather is so hot that itโ€™s too hot to do anything except write a very short poem. This photo of a door inspired it. If you donโ€™t like it, blame the blasted fifth heatwave weโ€™re enduring here in London.

Behind the Door

Behind the door
where Christmas trees
go
in store

Behind the door
where Christmas trees 
donโ€™t grow
any more


โ€”Lesley Scoble, August 2026

Acknowledgements

Written for Sadjeโ€™s #Whatdoyousee #353.

Thank you Sadje, for your inspirational #WDYS prompts

Image Credit; Istiaque Hossain @ Pexels

And thank you, dear reader, for being here.

What do you see # 353- 10 August, 2026

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37 responses to “Behind the Door: micro poem”

  1. Aptivi Avatar
    Aptivi

    Excellent! ๐Ÿ‘

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    1. lesleyscoble Avatar
      lesleyscoble

      ๐Ÿค—๐Ÿ’—๐ŸŒน๐Ÿ’—

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      1. Aptivi Avatar
        Aptivi

        ๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿค—

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  2. poetisatinta Avatar
    poetisatinta

    Lesley you create a haunting sense of displacement and fading warmth in this piece- so good ๐Ÿ™Œ

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    1. lesleyscoble Avatar
      lesleyscoble

      enormous gratitude, Ange. ๐Ÿ™
      I simply saw a Christmas tree in the pattern on the door.

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      1. poetisatinta Avatar
        poetisatinta

        You are very welcome ๐Ÿ’–

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      2. lesleyscoble Avatar
        lesleyscoble

        ๐Ÿค—

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  3. Chris Hall Avatar
    Chris Hall

    Good one, Lesley! I saw that Christmas tree pattern too. ๐ŸŒฒ

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    1. lesleyscoble Avatar
      lesleyscoble

      ๐Ÿ˜Thank you, Chris. ๐Ÿ™‡โ€โ™€๏ธ
      I canโ€™t wait to see what youโ€™ll write. ๐ŸŽ„

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  4. Sheknowsallblog Avatar
    Sheknowsallblog

    Wow just amazing โœ๐Ÿป

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    1. lesleyscoble Avatar
      lesleyscoble

      Thank you, you’re so kind. ๐Ÿ™‡

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  5. Sadje Avatar
    Sadje

    A fake pattern of a Christmas tree to tell the people summer will end and Christmas will come soon enough. Thanks for joining in.

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    1. lesleyscoble Avatar
      lesleyscoble

      I wish it were Christmas โ€” it would be nice and cold. ๐Ÿ˜
      Thanks for having me, Sadie.

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      1. Sadje Avatar
        Sadje

        Donโ€™t worry, Christmas will be here soon enough. Youโ€™re most welcome

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      2. lesleyscoble Avatar
        lesleyscoble

        Have your headaches eased?

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  6. Stonehead Avatar
    Stonehead

    Top notch as always. Iโ€™d didnโ€™t see a tree. I saw three martinis.

    Three martinis mark the door.
    A welcome, I suppose.
    If theyโ€™re empty, knock for more.
    If theyโ€™re full, anything goes.

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    1. lesleyscoble Avatar
      lesleyscoble

      Thank you, Dennis. ๐Ÿ™
      ๐Ÿ˜† Martinis! Of course they are! I see them now. ๐ŸธHaha Shaken not stirred.

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      1. Stonehead Avatar
        Stonehead

        Theyโ€™re hanging from their bases, in the slotted racks above the bar, occasionally clinking. Strictly, they should be in the freezer but Iโ€™m on my second and strictly has left the building. Iโ€™m contemplating.

        Perfect martini? Dry martini? Never a wet. Sometimes a 50:50. Occasionally a dirty.

        Decisions, decisions.

        I take another mouthful to lubricate the process.

        The glasses chime.

        ๐Ÿ˜Ž๐Ÿ˜

        I do enjoy a martini!

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      2. lesleyscoble Avatar
        lesleyscoble

        Haha, me too, Mr Bond.

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  7. byngnigel Avatar
    byngnigel

    brilliant as always… your intro cracked me up. Your poem had so much depth to it, Lesley.

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    1. lesleyscoble Avatar
      lesleyscoble

      Thank you so much, my kind friend. Your words have brightened my day ๐Ÿ™

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      1. byngnigel Avatar
        byngnigel

        You’re welcome, Lesley. Footie soon restarts. Everyday will be beautiful ๐Ÿ˜

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      2. lesleyscoble Avatar
        lesleyscoble

        ๐Ÿค—
        I watched an Arsenal v Dortmund friendly yesterday ๐Ÿ˜

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      3. byngnigel Avatar
        byngnigel

        Footie junkies.. we are a lost cause, lol. Ive been watching podcasts, transfer news… etc. Gotta get ready for the new season.

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      4. lesleyscoble Avatar
        lesleyscoble

        ๐Ÿ˜†โšฝ๏ธxxx

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  8. murisopsis Avatar
    murisopsis

    Funny how the mind turns to winter when the heat starts going up!! I was just talking to a neighbor who mentioned that she wished it would get cold soon!! I couldn’t believe she said that out loud – now we are all cursed! I’m going to brace for a horribly hard winter!!

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    1. lesleyscoble Avatar
      lesleyscoble

      When the heat goes up my mind turns to winter or migrating north. The weathers seem to be getting more extreme, alas.

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      1. murisopsis Avatar
        murisopsis

        Climate change is real!!

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      2. lesleyscoble Avatar
        lesleyscoble

        โ˜น๏ธ

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  9. Carol anne Avatar
    Carol anne

    Leslie, sweet poem! has it cooled off a bit yet in London? I hope it has! It is pretty cool here in Ireland at the moment, well, we have about 23 degrees, but it is comfortable, humid though, and hard to sleep at night!

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    1. lesleyscoble Avatar
      lesleyscoble

      Thanks, Carol Anne. Oooo, where are you in Ireland? I love it there where it rains a lot. ๐Ÿ’š

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      1. Carol anne Avatar
        Carol anne

        Oh, Iโ€™m in Cork in the south south of Ireland, I mean

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      2. lesleyscoble Avatar
        lesleyscoble

        I love Cork โ€” I worked there and kissed the Blarney Stone. ๐Ÿ˜Š

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      3. Carol anne Avatar
        Carol anne

        Iโ€™ve never kissed the Blarney Stone but I have a membership to Blarney Castle and Gardens. I love it out there.

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      4. lesleyscoble Avatar
        lesleyscoble

        Great fun kissing the Blarney Stone โ€” you have to lie on your back hang upside down. Do you live there?

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      5. Carol anne Avatar
        Carol anne

        I do live in Cork City, not far from Blarney by car maybe 10 or 15 minutes by car

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      6. lesleyscoble Avatar
        lesleyscoble

        Oh how lovely. You are so lucky. I worked at the Opera House many moons ago. And enjoyed quite a bit of sailing. โ˜˜๏ธ

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